2001–02 Alpha Ethniki

The 2001–02 Alpha Ethniki was the 66th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 22 September 2001 and ended on 8 May 2002. Olympiacos won their sixth consecutive and 31st Greek title.

Alpha Ethniki
Season2001–02
ChampionsOlympiacos
31st Greek title
RelegatedEthnikos Asteras
Champions LeagueOlympiacos
AEK Athens
UEFA CupPanathinaikos
PAOK
Skoda Xanthi
Iraklis
Intertoto CupEgaleo
Matches played182
Goals scored524 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorerAlexis Alexandris
(19 goals)

Teams edit

Stadia and personnel edit

TeamManager1LocationStadiumCapacity
AEK Athens Fernando SantosAthensNikos Goumas Stadium27,729
Akratitos Giorgos ParaschosAthensYiannis Pathiakakis Stadium4,944
Aris Bernd KraussThessalonikiKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium23,220
Egaleo Georgios ChatzarasAthensStavros Mavrothalassitis Stadium8,217
Ethnikos Asteras Spyros LivathinosAthensMichalis Kritikopoulos Stadium4,851
Ionikos Oleg BlokhinPiraeusNeapoli Stadium4,999
Iraklis Angelos AnastasiadisThessalonikiKaftanzoglio Stadium27,770
OFI Ioannis SamarasHeraklionTheodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium9,000
Olympiacos Takis LemonisPiraeusAthens Olympic Stadium71,030
Panachaiki Nikos AnastopoulosPatrasKostas Davourlis Stadium11,321
Panathinaikos Sergio MarkariánAthensLeoforos Alexandras Stadium16,620
Panionios Dumitru DumitriuNea SmyrniNea Smyrni Stadium11,756
PAOK Dušan BajevićThessalonikiToumba Stadium28,803
Skoda Xanthi Nikos KarageorgiouXanthiXanthi Ground9,500
  • 1 On final match day of the season, played on 8 May 2002.

League table edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Olympiacos (C)2617726930+3958[a]Qualification for Champions League first group stage
2AEK Athens2619166528+3758[a]Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3Panathinaikos2616735325+2855Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4PAOK2614665545+1048
5Skoda Xanthi2612683426+842
6Iraklis269983235−336
7Panionios2681173733+435
8OFI2696113235−333
9Aris2678112534−929
10Egaleo2675142746−1926Qualification for Intertoto Cup third round
11Akratitos2665152941−1223
12Ionikos2657142147−2622
13Panachaiki2639142655−2918
14Ethnikos Asteras (R)2645171944−2517Relegation to Beta Ethniki
Source: Galanis Sports Data
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th decision match.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: AEK Athens–Olympiacos 2–3, Olympiacos–AEK Athens 4–3.

Results edit

Home \ AwayAEKAKRARISEGAETAIONIRAOFIOLYPNAPAOPGSSPAOKXAN
AEK Athens3–04–24–01–04–03–03–02–34–12–02–16–22–0
Akratitos0–10–10–11–02–03–01–22–33–10–01–41–22–0
Aris0–30–11–04–21–01–11–01–51–10–01–12–31–1
Egaleo1–32–10–01–02–22–10–03–42–11–40–12–11–0
Ethnikos Asteras2–02–12–21–01–01–22–32–41–11–20–21–30–0
Ionikos1–22–11–01–11–01–12–10–20–20–21–11–11–1
Iraklis3–21–12–12–00–03–01–11–13–02–11–13–11–1
OFI0–11–01–22–12–04–01–01–12–20–10–04–10–1
Olympiacos4–32–20–13–06–05–03–03–04–02–22–03–21–1
Panachaiki0–11–11–05–30–00–21–11–21–30–01–13–31–3
Panathinaikos2–01–02–12–11–05–32–15–11–18–02–11–23–1
Panionios2–62–21–00–04–02–20–11–13–12–02–21–12–0
PAOK3–26–31–13–12–12–03–03–21–13–22–23–11–0
Skoda Xanthi1–13–01–04–21–01–04–12–11–22–01–23–11–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers edit

Source: Galanis Sports Data

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Alexis AlexandrisOlympiacos19
2 Demis NikolaidisAEK Athens17
3 Vasilios TsiartasAEK Athens16
4 Georgios GeorgiadisPAOK15
5 Abderrahim OuakiliSkoda Xanthi14
6 Goran VlaovićPanathinaikos13
Predrag ĐorđevićOlympiacos
8 Ederson FofonkaIraklis12
9 Rónald GómezOFI11
Stelios GiannakopoulosOlympiacos

Awards edit

Annual awards edit

Annual awards were announced on 4 November 2002.[1]

AwardWinnerClub
Greek Player of the Season Demis NikolaidisAEK Athens
Foreign Player of the Season Predrag ĐorđevićOlympiacos
Young Player of the Season Spyros VallasSkoda Xanthi
Goalkeeper of the Season Antonios NikopolidisPanathinaikos
Fair Play of the Season Stelios Giannakopoulos
Michalis Kasapis
Olympiacos
AEK Athens
Golden Boot Alexis AlexandrisOlympiacos
Manager of the Season Fernando SantosAEK Athens

References edit

  1. ^ "Ντέμης και ΑΕΚ οι κορυφαίοι της περιόδου 2001-2002". sport.gr (in Greek). 4 November 2002. Retrieved 7 July 2013.

External links edit